Kornev: A Practical White Repertoire with 1. d4 and 2. c4 - Volume 1The Complete Queens Gambit Excerpts from the intro: "Sooner or later every chess player faces the problem of building his or her opening repertoire. This is particularly difficult when you play with White, since you need to be well prepared against all of Black's possible responses. However, most players, including the author, have no inclination to devote all their time to studying opening variations. Therefore, we have decided not to cover 1. e2 e4.